Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Week Past 07/03-07/09
Boring 
Sat, 07/08 was the summer outing for W'sPointwest Tech group. I did not realize how big the team has grown until I saw them assemble at their meeting place at Residence Inn in Eagan. A couple just flew in from Manila Friday. The site for the outing was at the Wild Mountain, Taylor Falls near the St. Croix river. Matt and Keith asked me if I wanted to join them fishing. Sure, so we ended up at Wal-Mart to buy me a fishing pole and permit before proceeding to the venue. Nah, I didn't have the beginner' luck. It was a hot afternoon and the fish just wasn't biting by the shores of the St Croix river . Anyways the only thing that I caught was my fishing line whenever I reel it in. It gets entangled and I have to cut it. I have to "re-reel" my line to make it taut. My thoughts about fishing while waiting for a catch is that it's like playing the one arm bandit at the casino. You put a quarter and pull the lever and see if you hit a jackpot. In fishing you cast your line, reel it in and see if you'll get a bite. Quarter and pull, cast and reel. I still have to get my first bite though. Jackpot? no such luck unlike J Lo's mom.
Tues was the 4th of July. Top and Doray "volunteered" their house to be the venue to celebrate the occasion. It was potluck. I've noticed that there were more people lighting up fireworks compared to previous years. While we only had fountain, Top's neighbor across the street and beside his house had the works. Rockets bursting in multi colors across the sky. We had a laugh when we were lighting up another fountain and one of the kids in a weary tone uttered "boring". So the fathers ribbed each other that they have to do better next year and not be a cheapskate. One jokingly suggested to save a dollar each day starting that night. Immediately another volunteered to pock..er..collect it. Pic top are two of the neighbor's aerial fireworks. Left pic are the kids enjoying the neighbors' fireworks and ours :-) opposite pic are two of our fountains ( boring? but at least it has different colors. yeah right)
Summer Outing and Fishing
Sat, 07/08 was the summer outing for W's
Housing Project
Sat, 07/08 W and I proceeded from their summer outing to check out the house construction. They've started framing the second floor rooms and the floor panels have been installed. Left top pic is the front of the house. Top right pic is the back now showing the three season porch frame. Right pic another shot at the back showing the basement, ground and second floor levels. The weather's been cooperating so the roofing should be installed by next week. Talking about the weather, its been hot and dry and it's only July. Rainfall is below average. It's to our advantage since it means there would be no delays in the construction due to inclement weather. But the farms are badly affected and grasses are turning brown. It's turning into a drought. In a perfect world where lts a win-win situation you'll get a rain at night for the farmlands and sunshine during the day for the construction projects to be on time. But then nothing is perfect and we all have to cope.
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I bet you can't wait to live in that house. I can jsu imagine how gorgeous it would be. Can't wait to see the final stage and probably pictures of the hoose blessing. :-)
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